- #1 Respawn Man
96% matchMostly Positive77% of 46 reviews2015
Dev: Evan (Solidplasma) PeiperlPub: Solidplasma Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
What kills you makes you stronger! Use your extra lives to solve puzzles in this delightfully morbid puzzle platformer with a soundtrack by VVVVVV's composer, Souleye!
Why similar: Action 56.9%, Indie 43.1%
- #2 Dawn of the Plow
96% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2015
Dev: Dan FitzGerald
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%
You are the new plow on the block, and today is your day. How many cars can you shepherd home before achieving grounds for termination?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #3 Fist's Elimination Tower
95% matchPositive93% of 42 reviews2017
Dev: Impostor Cat Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A 2D platformer in which you play as randomly generated contestants that have to bounce their way to the top of an obstacle course full of robots, electric currents, explosives, and fists.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #4 ASCII Attack
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Daisy Maze Games
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
A Cold War super computer has gone rogue and is printing launch codes for a first strike. There is only one way to prevent nuclear Armageddon; enter the dot matrix, collect the codes, and defeat the ASCII army. ASCII Attack is a retro style indie action title inspired by arcade games of yesteryear.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #5 Operation KREEP
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Magic Item Tech
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An extraterrestrial organism threatens deep space exploration missions! Only trained personnel working as a team can eliminate these infestations. But, the corporation financing the space endeavor has a private mail for you: Cold hard cash for the alien alive! Which side will you choose?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #6 Paperbound
93% matchPositive86% of 29 reviews2015
Dev: Dissident Logic
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Run with scissors and walk on walls in this award-winning local-multiplayer gravity battle arena game from the mind of a former Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare developer. Enter the pages of old books where you will find strange environments and a cabal of playable characters.
Why similar: Action 56.9%, Indie 43.1%
- #7 Cliff Hanger
92% matchMixed45% of 11 reviews2016
Dev: syuuyuusya
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The backgrounds up the tempo and players are well equipped with a plethora of attacks! Test your mettle against a horde of enemies! Difficulty settings are available to adjust the game for both players that are new to action games and players that want a challenge.
Why similar: Action 58.4%, Indie 41.6%
- #8 Starship Rubicon
91% matchPositive84% of 44 reviews2015
Dev: WickworksPub: Cheerful Ghost
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Starship Rubicon is a modern take on the classic space shooter genre. It's a smart and challenging rogue-lite that features a unique control scheme, pixel art remixed with NASA photographs, and an existential crisis about who is REALLY the monster.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #9 Crate Punks
90% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Laborious RexPub: Skypeak LLC
Windows
the greatest crate-throwing experience since the boston tea party
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #10 Supernatural Super Squad Fight!
87% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Jonah Taylor
Windows · Mac · Linux
Come join the chosen and fuel our flame against evil! Play as one of eight mighty fighters and battle across epic landscapes. Challenge the forces of darkness or oppose the forces of good. Which side will you choose?
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #11 MineFight
89% matchMostly Negative35% of 150 reviews2017
Dev: Talpel Games
Windows
MineFight is a party / fight game, 2 players on the same computer. Needing reflexes and speed and a few thoughts to kill before being killed ! The universe is inspired by the famous game "Minecraft" and its characters are inspired by French youtubeurs.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #12 Polygone
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Green Pepperoni Software LLC
Windows · Linux
local-coop / local-multiplayer twin-stick shooter
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #13 Bell Ringer
89% matchMostly Negative25% of 427 reviews2016
Dev: Night Node Software
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Bell Ringer is a fast paced arena PvP brawler with local and online multiplayer. Gather your friends and brace yourselves for some intense brawling! Choose between five unique characters with different weapons, special moves and styles.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #14 XENOCAVE
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: BLUE LED
Windows
XENOCAVE is a retro-styled, scrolling platformer that elevates the genre with a unique fusion of ability and fine-tuned mechanics inspired by the classics. Specifically, imagine an amalgam of Mario's fluid controls, the double-jump and rapid-fire of Ghosts 'n Goblins, and the themes of Crystal Caves.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #15 Bugspeed Collider
86% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2016
Dev: Skelefactor
Windows · Mac
Destroy your friends. Destroy the world. In Bugspeed Collider, you are a super-powered beetle, and there is only war.Unlimited flight, high-impact melee, long-ranged fireball throwing, and fully destructible worlds. That's right, burn it all.Full support for 1-4 players. we're sure there's a deadly scenario to match any taste.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #16 Brimstone
85% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2017
Dev: Asunder Studios
Windows
Take control of a sinner to enter a trial to prove you are worthy to fight the mythic Brimstone. Travel through 3 different zones and kill each zones boss to gain the power of the demons. Fight and fight again until you have the power to kill the Brimstone.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #17 Shoot'n'Scroll 3D
84% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2018
Dev: PlayMobileFreePub: Dikobraz Games
Windows
Helicopter arcade game. Shoot'em-up action with plenty of adventures and adrenaline.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #18 Jolly Riot
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Victorian Clambake
Windows · Mac · Linux
A rip-roaring fighting game featuring a hardy crew of swashbucklers!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #19 Battlemage Training
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Mikael Mattsson
Windows
In Battlemage Training you are an aspiring Battlemage. Practice swinging your war wand with speed and precision.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #20 Boogie Bot
81% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
Dev: From the end Games
Windows · Mac
Boogie Bot is a fast and challenging survival platformer about getting in the zone and finding your groove. Your battery is always draining. Stop thinking and let instinct take over. Only then can you safely evacuate the boogie bots before the No Good Music Haters blow planet Boogula-5 to bits.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #21 Chuckie Egg 2017
83% matchMixed67% of 17 reviews2018
Dev: Downsideup Games, Inc.
Windows · Mac
Run, jump, dodge, collect eggs! There's a new Harry in town as the popular platform game debuts on PC.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #22 Space electrician
82% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: High and WidePub: Bitclock Studio
Windows
Space electrician is a classic falcon in a space setting
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #23 Pencil vs. Eraser
80% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Quinn PurdyPub: Bellringer Studios
Windows · Mac
In Pencil vs. Eraser you play as an eraser that fights off evil pencil doodles. Erase the doodles using a variety of weapons to earn money used to upgrade your eraser. Pencil vs. Eraser has an infinite number of levels filled with behaviourally-unique enemies that are hand-drawn to life during gameplay.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #24 Sphera Turris
81% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: Mark WiedmannPub: Bugslayer Games
Windows
Sphera Turris is a timed rotating platformer where you guide a ball past an array of increasingly difficult obstacles to the top of a tower.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #25 S#arp Shooter
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Complex Infinity
Windows
Guns fire and enemies attack based on music you choose from your library in S#arp Shooter - a VR game where you are dropped into an action movie scene and must stylishly shoot your way out!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #26 UTLL
82% matchNo user reviews2019
Dev: Hzq Games
Windows
Tactical - Hardcore and Realistic Shooter. UTLL. Conflict broke out in the military unit. UTLL was split into two after the conflict. UTLL, UT and LL are now. Was that a betrayal ? Whose side are you on ? Host game or join game and capture the bombs !
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #27 Cubiques 2
78% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: Dilmer ValecillosPub: Dilmer Games
Windows · Mac
Cubiques 2 is the sequel of our acclaimed indie game "Cubiques". In this new sequel multiple cubes invade this simplistic but very challenging world. Every movement must be well thought out since each movement can affect multiple cubes in the environment.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #28 The Executioner: Prologue
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LS
Windows
The Executioner: Prologue is a hardcore two-dimensional action platformer. The game serves as an introductory part of an epic story which narrates about an executioner’s adventures in hell. After the sudden and mysterious death you find yourself in hell. Try to escape from the world of the dead back into the normal world.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #29 Lots of Balls
78% matchPositive82% of 34 reviews2018
Dev: Paddle Team
Windows
Lots of Balls is a not-so-new game from our brand-not-so-new team based on a... not so brand new concept, BUT with a lot of brand new twists!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #30 Hooklings
76% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2019
Dev: Pasculator
Windows
Hook, pull, jump and do combos to clear 100 screens of enemies, alone or with your friends in this platformer inspired by arcade classics from the 80s.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #31 Itsy Blitzy
77% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Minty Soul Games
Windows
Itsy Blitzy is an arcade style bullet hell brawler. The game focuses on simple-yet-deep combat with fluid controls, and a "so hard it's meditative" difficulty level.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #32 The Pit
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zero KnowledgePub: Zero Knwoledge
Windows
The Pit is a platform game with touches of action and puzzles, which will force you to understand and know how to use all the skills you have.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #33 IS -Infinite Stratos- Versus Colors
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: PROJECT YNP
Windows
High-speed 3D action battler! Control the world's strongest powered exoskeleton in Infinite Stratos and aim for the top! Manipulate the varios IS! Master an array of equipment!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #34 No Stick Shooter
76% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2017
Dev: Happy Robot Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Happy Robot presents a fresh take on the classic retro-arcade shooters we all know and love. Featuring 30 levels of non-stop mayhem, a huge variety of enemies, strategic weaponry, and a unique control scheme, No Stick Shooter is packed full of explosive fun!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #35 Tekling 2
73% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2019
Dev: nP StudiosPub: nonPareil Institute
Windows
Become the Bot! Battle through 40 levels of classic platforming action. Gather the energy orbs to transform into the amazing mighty Tekling and escape the robots that have come to take you down.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #36 Oval
71% matchPositive90% of 40 reviews2019
Dev: Reactor HeartPub: Reactor Heart
Windows
Oval takes your skills to a whole new level with thrilling and competitive multiplayer battles. Break your speed limit and go faster than ever without motion-sickness thanks to Oval's unique technology. Create, share or play awesome community maps using the multiplayer level editor.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #37 TRIGGERED
74% matchMixed50% of 12 reviews2018
Dev: eelDev
Windows
TRIGGERED is a speed runner game, get from point A to point B as fast as you can, without dying.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #38 Prison Bomber
74% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Sai Attack
Windows
Prison Bomber is an oldschool arcade shooter, based on classic 2d action games. Your main goal is to rescue your ally from enemies prison. Fight your way through the mass of enemies and beat the high-score.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #39 BeeBeeQ
64% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Popup Asylum
Windows
BeeBeeQ is an asymmetric local multiplayer game where one VR player controls a Chef while up to four xbox controller players control Bees. Armed with a spatula and a fly swat the VR chef player has to try cook while the bees steal food, sting and generally harass him.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #40 HERO-E
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 44 reviews2017
Dev: Osky Studios
Windows
Explore a world of underground caves, rescuing swimmers who have been kidnapped by a mysterious black hand ...
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #41 Impossibox
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Deadly Serious Media
Windows
In Impossibox work your way through 50, sometimes seemingly impossible, levels and show the world what you are made of! Collect the coins to clear the levels. Impossibox has everything a tough platformer needs to challenge your skill.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #42 Rubicon Approach
62% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Carbon Fiber Games
Windows
Rubicon Approach is a fast paced zero gravity shooter with a unique free movement system. Engage an enemy team in high speed, adrenaline fueled action across multiple maps.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #43 Ducks in Space
69% matchPositive100% of 14 reviews2019
Dev: Happy Cow Games LLC
Windows
Ducks in Space is a 2D platformer where you play as Captain Quackers, a duck attempting to thwart the plans of the most evil creatures in the universe: geese!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #44 Aftermath Y2K
72% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2017
Dev: Matthew Willis
Windows · Linux
Inspired by such games as Castlevania and Ninja Gaiden; aftermath is a NES styled action platformer. However in Aftermath you play as a dog. You must run, jump, and dodge your way through 8 levels to recover your beloved owner. All the while also trying to fend off thugs, bandits, henchmen, and mutants.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #45 Mischief On Main Street
61% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quantum Games
Windows
Lie and bluff your way to victory in this online multiplayer VR game inspired by the likes of Mafia and Trouble in Terrorist Town!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #46 Garrison Gauntlet
71% match7 user reviews43% of 7 reviews2018
Dev: Ryan Silberman
Windows
Garrison Gauntlet is an oldschool-style action-platformer where you play through over four stages of intense challenges! A little robot that is to serve as nothing more than as one of the many robotic minions owned by the evil tyrant, Garrison, you must stop his forces from the inside!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #47 JumpStream
69% matchMixed67% of 21 reviews2018
Dev: Digital Continue
Windows
JumpStream is a competitive platformer built in real-time by an audience, using Mixer Interactive! The goal is to work with your audience to construct an emergent path to complete challenges in the fastest possible time.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #48 Onslaught VR
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MindWalker Games
Windows
Jump into the fray with Onslaught VR! Armed with multiple gun types, devastating AOE attacks, and aerial capabilities, you'll face off against multiple enemies and powerful commanders. Good luck, soldier... you'll need it.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #49 Tech Clash
60% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Interstellar PunksPub: ESAT
Windows
In the far future huge companies compete for the control of the technological market, in this mayhem the CEOs of the biggest companies reunite and decide to fight it off in a tournament! Each company will provide a champion in what would be the fight of the century!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #50 Spin the Beat
75% matchNo user reviews2017
Dev: Clockwork Anomaly, LLC
Windows · Mac
Jump-n-dodge couch-multiplayer arcade action to the beat of the music! A party game for 1 to 4 players.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #51 Ke-Tsu-No-Ana
71% matchMixed53% of 19 reviews2016
Dev: Yusuke UemuraPub: Yusuke Uemura
Windows
Ke-tsu-no-ana is Arcade Style Shoot'em Up Game. Grab your joystick Let's Go into The Ke-Tsu-no-ana!!!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #52 Galactic Storm
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 29 reviews2016
Dev: Dawid Bujak
Windows
Galactic Storm is a top down shoot'em up. It features distinct weapons, fast action and epic boss battles.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #53 Bud Blitz
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Dave Brake Creations
Windows · Mac
Bud Blitz is a fast-paced cannabis-themed action/arcade game with a splash of simulation. Grow your way to the top of the leaderboard while defending your crops from enemies by using a variety of outrageous weapons!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #54 No Mans Land
70% matchMostly Negative31% of 13 reviews2017
Dev: Selective Intuition
Windows
No Mans Land is a poly art Zombie Survival game. You can craft, loot and shoot your way around the map. Play alone, or with a group of people. Choose how you lived your life previously, and make your way into a new life, living along side the zombies. Just remember to sleep with one eye open!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #55 Contact : Last Defence
67% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
Dev: ODIAK Games
Windows
Contact : Last Defence is a VR space action shooter. Complete missions, protect your planet and upgrade your ship. When you are done defending, take the fight to the invaders in Arcade mode and compete for a top spot on the online leaderboard!
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%
- #56 Blind Blades
69% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2016
Dev: Heavy Key Studios
Windows · Mac
The art of the sword is death by one stroke. The art of stealth is proximity with the unaware. In Blind Blades, players must master both. No special button combinations. No life bars. Just player against player. Skill against skill. Winner take all.
Why similar: Action 57.6%, Indie 42.4%